Half of Chinese people are infected with Helicobacter pylori. Huaxi doctors: If you don't pay attention to this during the Chinese New Year, you are most likely to get

Happy New Year 🎉

Workers returning home

The dinner mode of visiting relatives and friends will start soon

In the rich meal and festive atmosphere

There is one thing that is often overlooked.

That is——

Sharing food and using serving chopsticks

"The older generation loves to use their own chopsticks to pick up food for everyone. It's hard to refuse such kindness. It's impossible to refuse!"

"Chinese New Year is all about having fun. Separating meals ruins the atmosphere..."

You pinch your saliva, I pinch my saliva, and the atmosphere becomes harmonious, but it also makes us almost naked in front of germs, and we may accidentally transmit pathogens to each other through saliva.

Among them, the pathogen with the highest infection rate is Helicobacter pylori!

In the 15th edition of the Carcinogen Report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Helicobacter pylori is listed as a definite human carcinogen !

The use of public spoons and chopsticks or separate dining is one of the effective ways to prevent Helicobacter pylori infection.

Helicobacter pylori,

What is it?

Helicobacter pylori is a spiral-shaped bacterium that is highly adapted to the acidic environment of the stomach. It can destroy the mucus layer in the stomach, exposing the gastric mucosa to gastric acid and causing damage to it .

In addition, Helicobacter pylori also releases some toxins and enzymes that can damage gastric epithelial cells, thereby damaging the gastric mucosa and causing chronic gastritis .

Helicobacter pylori infection is the main pathogenic factor of diseases such as gastric ulcer, peptic ulcer, MALT lymphoma and gastric tumor!

In addition to possibly causing stomach diseases, Helicobacter pylori is also a Class 1 carcinogen, but the chance of getting cancer is relatively small, so there is no need to worry too much.

How to tell if you are infected

Helicobacter pylori?

If you want to know whether you are infected with Helicobacter pylori, you can do a carbon 13 or carbon 14 breath test to determine whether you are infected with Helicobacter pylori by detecting the level of exhaled carbon dioxide .

Or you can have a gastroscopy to find traces of Helicobacter pylori.

Infected with Helicobacter pylori,

Is it necessary to cure it completely?

Don't panic!

If you find out that you are infected with Helicobacter pylori, don't panic.

In our country, although nearly 60% of people are infected with Helicobacter pylori, some people do not need treatment !

People who have no discomfort symptoms, no family history (chronic gastritis with gastric cancer), and no related digestive tract diseases (peptic ulcer, gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma, etc.) do not need to undergo sterilization.

On the contrary, blind sterilization may cause the following risks:

● Increased incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease

● Increase the risk of intestinal flora imbalance

● Potentially increase the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma and inflammatory bowel disease

● Antibiotic-related problems caused by repeated eradication

● Increase the risk of allergies, asthma, and dermatitis in children

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If it does not belong to the above situation, and the doctor clearly indicates that sterilization is necessary, we just want to say that you should follow the doctor's advice .

at last,

Send everyone a copy

"Guide to Healthy Dining During the Spring Festival Reunion"

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Separate meals and public chopsticks to separate viruses.

Family ties and love are inseparable!

Please forward this article to your relatives and friends.

Let serving chopsticks become a "regular guest" on the dining table ~

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